Nanoparticle protects oil in foods from oxidation, spoilage

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

Dec 08, 2009 | 3 / 5 (3) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using a nanoparticle from corn, a Purdue University scientist has found a way to lengthen the shelf life of many food products and sustain their health benefits.

New curriculum mixes nanotechnology and skiing (w/ Video)

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

Dec 14, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Nanotechnology seems a daunting subject, but for mechanical engineering students at the University of Nevada, Reno, it has taken on a real world approach - in Ski Building 101.

Fast, easy, and highly sensitive arsenic detection with gold nanoparticles

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

Nov 25, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Mention of arsenic poisoning usually brings to mind underhanded murder. However, the danger of arsenic poisoning from contaminated drinking water is far greater. Low concentrations of arsenic are found in ...

Nanotech in Space: Experiment To Weather the Trials of Orbit

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

Nov 24, 2009 | 4 / 5 (2) | 0

Novel nanomaterials developed at Rensselaer were sent into orbit on Nov. 16 aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis.

Highlight: Biofunctionalized magnetic-vortex microdiscs

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

Dec 09, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (4) | 0

Users from Argonne's Materials Science Division and University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Medicine, working collaboratively on a user science project with CNM's Nanobio Interfaces Group, have discovered ...

Nanomedicine: ending 'hit and miss' design

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

Dec 08, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the promises of nanomedicine is the design of tiny particles that can home in on diseased cells and get inside them. Nanoparticles can carry drugs into cells and tag cells for MRI and other diagnostic ...

LST builds first global nanotech regulation database

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

Dec 02, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A global database of government documents on nanotechnology is being launched by three law professors at Arizona State University who, with their colleagues in Australia and Belgium, have corralled and organized ...

Air Force Center of Excellence awarded in nanostructures and improved cognition

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

Dec 01, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

The Georgia Institute of Technology has been awarded a U.S. Air Force Center of Excellence to design nanostructures for energy harvesting and adaptive materials, and to develop tools to optimize critical cognitive ...